All Obesity articles – Page 25
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NewsTesco and Sainsbury’s pledge to ditch multibuys despite government u-turn
Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced over the weekend the government had backtracked on one of the main planks of its obesity strategy
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Comment & OpinionAs an ex-Defra minister, I know UPFs are only one factor in obesity
The argument is far more complex than campaign groups may have you believe, says George Eustice, MP and former Defra minister
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Comment & OpinionWhat next for the obesity strategy now Sunak's bogof ban's in the gutter?
It’s fortunate for Rishi Sunak that the government can’t be held to account for deliberately misleading MPs – and the public – about its obesity strategy
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NewsBogof ban dropped again as Sunak says shoppers have ‘right to choose’
The ban will now not come in until at least October 2025, along with the similarly sidelined proposals for a ban on junk food ads before a 9pm watershed on TV and online
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NewsMedia Bites 19 June: Tesco, anti-obesity measures, McColl’s
The chief executive of Tesco has said food inflation has probably peaked but that prices are likely to stay high
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NewsMamamade brand rescued from liquidation by the Family Food Co
The Family Food Co has rescued the Mamamade brand out of liquidation in its second deal of the year, as part of ambitions to build a marketplace for healthy meals for kids
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Comment & OpinionThe ultra-processed foods debate is not binary
Many of the arguments used to bash manufacturers are lazy, boring and stuck on repeat
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NewsTower Hamlets becomes latest local authority to ban HFSS advertising
The move follows the launch of the Healthier Food Advertising Policy, brought in across the Transport for London network in 2019
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NewsSweeteners ‘fine to use’ despite WHO concerns, experts insist
A recent WHO report said artificial sweeteners should not be used as part of long-term diets and could contribute to health risks
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy ‘there are no winners’ in the Tortoise Better Food Index
The Tortoise Better Food Index ranks Britain’s 30 biggest suppliers on their impacts across issues including nutrition, environment, and social mobility. The key finding: no one is doing enough
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NewsLabour pledges to ban HFSS adverts but rules out health taxes
Labour leader Keir Starmer plans to ban junk food ads but will not impose a salt and sugar tax during the cost of living crisis
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NewsMedia Bites 23 May: Food inflation, junk food, alcohol health warnings
The papers continue to focus on the ongoing issue of soaring food prices, while Ireland to label alcoholic drinks with cigarette-style health warnings.
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Analysis & FeaturesWomen’s power list: the 10 making manufacturing a woman’s world
These are the 10 women blazing a trail to take over grocery manufacturing
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NewsMedia Bites 19 May: Asda, Riverford, Consumer confidence
Asda has been accused of using ’fire and rehire’ threats to reduce pay for 7,000 staff as it restructures the business
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Category ReportHas HFSS made snacking more virtuous? Healthy snacking category report 2023
Seven months after the implementation of HFSS rules to cut sales of unhealthy food, how has snack merchandising changed?
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ReportsHow HFSS rules are inspiring kids’ snacks
British children have a weight problem. By the time they get to primary school, 22.1% are either obese or overweight
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NewsMedia Bites 4 May: Unilever, food inflation, Haleon
Shareholders have staged a revolt against Unilever’s pay for bosses over concerns about excessive rewards
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Comment & OpinionLess-than-shocking Which? research into c-stores is a sign of the times
Which? and the Food Foundation’s pricing calls may resonate with the public, even if their findings are based on less-than-robust calculations
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NewsMedia Bites 11 April: Tesco, Poundstretcher, Love Hemp, Unilever
Tesco is in focus as the supermarket giant gets set to publish its annual financial results on Thursday.
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Comment & OpinionWhy retailers are ‘leanwashing’ on sugar reduction
Nine of the 10 biggest supermarkets have no policy to measure total sugar sales, says Hattie Burt, senior policy & international projects officer at Action on Sugar